ARAB MAXIMS. 335 



"Leave not thy horse near others that are eating 

 barley without he has some likewise, for otherwise he 

 will fall ill. 



" If, at the bivouac, your horse is so placed that he 

 cannot move out of the wind that is blowing violently 

 into his nostrils, do not hesitate to leave the nose-bag 

 suspended from his nose ; you will preserve him from 

 serious mischief." 



The nose-bag in such a case acts the part of " Jef- 

 frey's patent respirator," and hinders inflammation of 

 the mucous membrane lining the air-passages leading to 

 the lungs. In the human subject this would be termed 

 bronchitis, which we have just seen produced in a boy, 

 in consequence of his sitting down when overheated, 

 exposed to the wind and having on no nose-bag i. e., 

 11 ctfmforter " or " respirator." 



In the same philosophic dread of a strong wind right 

 in one's teeth, the Emir adds, " Contrive, if possible, 

 to save your horse from facing it ; you will spare him 

 various diseases." " When you dismount, think of 

 your horse before thinking of yourself : it is he who 

 has carried you, and is to carry you again." That 

 deserves the thanks of the Society against cruelty to 

 animals. Moreover, the Emir is qualified to be presi- 

 dent of an abstinence society, for has he not written ? 

 " The cavalier of truth should eat little, and, above all, 

 drink little : if he cannot endure thirst, he will never 

 make a warrior he is a mere frog of the marshes/' 



And all who remember that " in the midst of life we 

 are in death/' will approve of this religious maxim of 

 the Arab cavalier "When thou mountest a horse first 

 pronounce these words, * In the name of Allah j ' the 

 grave of the horseman is always open." 



Moreover, those seeking to reform the turf may learn 

 something from the Mussulman law, which not only 

 forbids racing for a wager, but all betting by persQns 

 not personally concerned in the race. In fact, if we 

 will only have the modesty to confess that from an 



